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 Excellent value April 10, 2008
A. Long
163 out of 164 found this review helpful
I have spent years suffering with an old Tamron 28-200mm zoom lens and had got used to crappy results.
I was therefore not expecting much from this budget Canon lens.
It therefore came as a very pleasant surprise when I reviewed the first few dozen photographs I took while testing out the lens's capabilities in relatively poor light (right at the end of the day).
The results are truly amazing. The pictures are pin sharp. I managed to capture pictures of birds in flight where the individual hairs on the feathers are clearly distinguishable.
The build quality is leaps ahead of the poor quality 18-55mm lens that came with my 20D.
At this point I can honestly say I'm a very happy bunny indeed....
Excellent starter/budget lens January 25, 2009
Graham White (Hampshire, England)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
I'm by no means a photographer, I bought this lens as part of my first DSLR kit. I'm really very pleased I did though, it offers great picture quality (when attached to my Canon 450d), focus is quick and sharp, the zoom range is pretty decent and starts off where the 450d kit lens leaves off, manual focus is easy and accurate, and the inclusion of image stabilisation is a real winner for a lens in this price bracket.
For a lens at under two hundred pounds you can't really go wrong with this one! For any other DSLR newbies like myself, don't be put off by 250mm seeming quite short, don't forget to multiply that by the focus multiplier of your camera (typically 1.6 for a Canon), making this lens a much more respectable 400mm lens in 35mm equivalent all in the size of a 250mm.
I bought one for the wife.... February 23, 2009
S. Symonds (New Zealand these days!)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
And she loves it!
After putting it through its paces, it's probably the best value zoom up to 300mm available for Canon cameras in terms of image quality and features. Sigma, Tamron and Canon's own cheap 70-300ish efforts are all pretty ropey and lack IS.
More than decent IQ and IS is always a bonus on longer zooms. Build is plastic (including lens mount), but solid and it's compact and weighs almost nothing.
Good to see Canon finally getting their kit lenses up to scratch. I reckon this and an 18-55mm IS would make a decent pair of starter lenses for most people.
Much better results than I expected for the money! February 18, 2009
John H (UK)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this lens to use with my Eos 350d because it continues to zoom where the kit lens leaves off, plus it was cheap at well under £200 inc delivery.
In use I find that the Image Stablization works surprisingly well meaning that decent results are easily achieved at full zoom without a tripod even on cloudy days. plus its very light so that means it gets taken out every time my camera goes out unlike my good old heavy tamron lens which required a tripod resulting in more weight and baggage.
The construction is all plastic with a plastic mount which is par for the course considering the cost, and like the kit lens it has a little bit of play on the barrel though this doesn't seem to affect its performance.
Its good in that the zoom doesn't creep when pointing the camera steeply up or down.
The Optics are surprisingly good for a cheap lens giving clear well focused images even at full zoom.
I reckon for the money this lens is hard to beat as it runs circles round similarly priced Russian imports.
Fantastic Lens July 30, 2008
Picchianti Alessandro (palo alto)
55 out of 57 found this review helpful
This is the natural partner for the 18-55 lens that came as kit with the body.
The lens is not actually 100% plastic as most of the people states, it is in part made by plastic, but the part that attacches to the camera body is painted alluminium, it looks and weights like plastic but is metal!
The IS is amazing, and the lens very sharp, even at 250mm... once attached to your body, the only limit is your creativity.
this is the best zoom lens around for a cheap budget if you own as EOS camera.
Best Lens 195 pounds can buy.
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